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FAA Grants TAP Brazil Approval for A330/340
terry Jones has been named engineering
TAP Maintenance & Engineering Brazil recently received FAA certifica- manager at twin commander Aircraft
tion for heavy maintenance on the A330 and A340 aircraft. This approval LLc, Arlington, Wash. An experienced
facilitates TAP M&E Portugal’s plans to share Airbus heavy maintenance at structural engineer, he will coordinate
its Lisbon repair center with its Brazilian affiliate. A member of the Airbus with the FAA aircraft certification office,
MRO network, TAP M&E Brazil already has FAA approval for mainte- lead in the development of new products
nance on the A300-B4, A300-600 and A310 models. And the company has to support the twin commander fleet
had FAA, EASA and Brazilian Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil (ANAC) and manage the issuance of airworthi-
approval to overhaul most Boeing models for some time. ness documents, including service bul-
Formerly VEM Maintenance and Engineering, before becoming part of letins and letters. His experience includes
the TAP Portugal Group, the Brazilian firm continues operating out of its two employment with Northrop Grumman,
bases in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. PemcO World Air Services and, most
recently, vought Aircraft.
African Carriers Sign Ground-Breaking Agreement
Marking a first in Africa, two airlines in the continent have signed a tech- tracy Simpson has
nical service agreement (TSA) to jointly establish training, maintenance been promoted to vice
and resource pooling. Until now, African airlines have turned to Europe president, strategic
or America for training and much of its maintenance. But now that Virgin sourcing and supplier
Nigeria has signed a TSA with Ethiopian Airlines, it opens the possibility development at crane
of Africa having a training and support entity as large as many in Europe. Aerospace & electronics.
Capt. Dapo Olumide, chief executive officer for Virgin Nigeria, points the 20-year veteran with the company
out that technical partner Ethiopian Airlines “is more profitable than all will be in charge of supply chain strat-
European airlines combined.” egy. He recently served as vice president
With obvious regional pride, the two airlines believe they can reduce the and general manager of the company’s
cost of training and aircraft support, and provide convenience for African Linnwood, Wash., site. Fairchild controls
carriers. Ethiopian Airlines operates 34 widebody aircraft and has on order co. and eAtON consolidated controls
36 aircraft, including the Boeing 787 and 777LR. Virgin Nigeria, which is previously have employed Simpson.
discontinuing technical support from parent Virgin Atlantic Airlines, operates
seven Boeing 737s. Gregory Yeldon, an
aerospace sector pro-
fessional for 23 years,
SuperJet International
has been named
Signs MoU and LoI
president of esterline
In its ongoing effort to establish a cmc electronics Inc.,
worldwide after-sales support network developer of aircraft
for the Sukhoi SuperJet (SSJ) 100 electronics systems. For 14 years he was
regional jet, SuperJet International cmc’s vice-president and chief financial
recently signed a memorandum of officer. Yeldon joined the company in
understanding with Aeroplex, an MRO 1995 as comptroller and was on the
The SSJ100 is a 75- to 95-seat regional jet.
based in Budapest, Hungary. The deal boards of directors for cmc electronics
has Aeroplex providing SSJ100 operators with heavy airframe maintenance, and cmc electronics Holdings from 2001
modifications, unscheduled maintenance services, line and base maintenance. to 2007. He also once worked for Leigh
Aeroplex also will have a field team providing off-site support. Instruments and micronav International.
A subsidiary of MALEV Hungarian Airlines, Aeroplex was established in 1992
and since then has performed more than 1,000 C-checks. It specializes in heavy Jet Aviation recently appointed
airframe repair and overhaul of Boeing 737s and 767s, Airbus 320s, and Fokker Frank Kusserow director and head
70s and 100s. The MRO has nearly 800 employees. of fixed base operation (FbO) ser-
Meanwhile, SuperJet International has announced a letter of intent with vices for europe, middle east and
the Armenian carrier Armavia Airlines for support of the carrier’s fleet of Africa (emeA) and Asia. He also will
new SSJ100s. The five-year deal calls for pay-by-the-hour support, offered remain as director FbO at Jet Aviation
in the “SuperCare” program that SuperJet International developed to Dusseldorf, in Germany. Kusserow
maximize aircraft availability and minimize maintenance costs. Founded in joined Jet Aviation in 2006 as man-
1996, Armavia is the Republic of Armenia’s national air carrier. ager FbO. He previously worked for
SuperJet International is a joint venture set up by Sukhoi Holding and Lufthansa and Wingco.
Alenia Aeronautica.
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